The impressive winner of the Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic, and the almost certain winner of the Eclipse Award for top 3-year-old filly, Royal Delta is being pointed for the 2012 Dubai World Cup, her new owner Ben Leon reported today. Leon’s Besilu Stables purchases Royal Delta during the Palides Investments dispersal at Keeneland just days [...]
Shinji Fujita guided Transcend, second in the 2011 Dubai World Cup (G1), to another win in the richest dirt race in Japan on Sunday. Fujita sent the colt hard from the extreme outside post position to clear the majority of the field in the first 200 metres of the 1800 of the trip, then held [...]
Transcend, second in the 2011 Dubai World Cup, is one of the likely favorites for tonight’s Japan Cup Dirt. Get the profile of all the runners from the Japan Racing Association, or comments from their connections leading to the race.
Alakleel, the winner of February’s domestic edition of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup (G1) (King’s Cup) at Janadriah outside Riyadh, continued his dominance of the local racing scene in Saudi winning the Prince Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer Cup (G2) on Friday by about seven lengths. Owned by King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz [...]
Buena Vista, a two-time visitor to Dubai, earned her rightfully deserved win in Sunday’s Japan Cup. Watch the replay below. 2011 Dubai World Cup winner Victoire Pisa, making his first start since the emotional victory, did very little running and finished 13th of 16.
The 2011 Dubai World Cup (G1) winner Victoire Pisa is set for his long-awaited return in what is likely his last, or next-to-last career race in Sunday’s Japan Cup (G1). A field of 18 are expected in Tokyo, which includes 11 Grade/Group 1 winners, and four international shippers. Danedream, the runaway, record-setting winner of the [...]
2011 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Animal Kingdom, back in training with Graham Motion after suffering an injury in the Belmont Stakes (G1), was renewed as a potential starter for the 2012 Dubai World Cup (G1). Jerry Bossert from the NY Daily News has the tidbit in this story.
As the 2011-2012 UAE racing season approaches, we thought it appropriate to look back and marvel at the brilliance of Mirco Demuro’s ride on Victoire Pisa in last year’s Dubai World Cup, a ride that could unequivocally be characterised as armed robbery. In preparing for the new season, DubaiRaceNight.com came across last season’s Trakus timing [...]
Prayer For Relief, a Bob Baffert-trained 3-year-old that has relatively flown under the radar, became American racing’s newest millionaire when suffering his first defeat of 2011 while a troubled third in Sunday’s Oklahoma Derby. After the race, Baffert has said that he might head towards the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) or potentially even wait and [...]
After nearly landing a massive boilover in the 2011 Dubai World Cup, Transcend returned to the races a winner taking the Mile Championship (G1) at Tokyo on dirt. The one-mile event was the first since a narrow defeat by countrymate Victoire Pisa in the world’s richest race. Jockey Shinji Fujita, aboard for the second in [...]